Bidder from Nigeria...

Brooker_Dave

emmedi wrote: »

I'm so piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii**ed off!!!!!!!!:mad::mad::mad::mad:

The winner of my item wanted me to send it to Nigeria....

Ask for a cheque or bank transfer.

Brooker_Dave

Nex0 wrote: »

Its about time ebay made it easier on themselves and new sellers buy giving out tips and things to watch out for when selling certain items.

When there's so much profit to be made by them when thing's go wrong??

Nex0

Brooker_Dave wrote: »

When there's so much profit to be made by them when thing's go wrong??

Perhaps but if the buyer goes naru and the seller requests there fees back then that's a lot of extra work for no real reason.

emmedi

Thank you all for your replies!

I have always sold items and bought from ebay with no problem at all!

..... This morning I'm even more pi**ed off:

Got this email


.....The fund has been deducted from Mrs Joy Paul's accountand it will be credited into your account immediately the shipment is confirmed from you.Get back to us with the shipping tracking or reference number then the money will be credited into your account immediately we hear from you. Mail the tracking number to our transaction online centre at : careunit@europe.com

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Please respond within the next 24hrs.

The "official" PayPal corporate offices are at:
Centennial Hall 128
1000 S. Franklin
Kirksville, MO 63501 Thank you for using paypal ® . We look forward serving your online auction payment needs in the future.
Sincerely,
Gene Braint
Paypal Customer Care,

Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team

emmedi

harveybobbles wrote: »

Tell them to take a long running jump into a pool of bleach.

I haven't been so kind :rotfl::rotfl:

Brooker_Dave

emmedi wrote: »

Thank you all for your replies!

I have always sold items and bought from ebay with no problem at all!

..... This morning I'm even more pi**ed off:

Got this email


.....The fund has been deducted from Mrs Joy Paul's accountand it will be credited into your account immediately the shipment is confirmed from you.Get back to us with the shipping tracking or reference number then the money will be credited into your account immediately we hear from you. Mail the tracking number to our transaction online centre at : careunit@europe.com

---

Please respond within the next 24hrs.

The "official" PayPal corporate offices are at:
Centennial Hall 128
1000 S. Franklin
Kirksville, MO 63501 Thank you for using paypal ® . We look forward serving your online auction payment needs in the future.
Sincerely,
Gene Braint
Paypal Customer Care,

Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team

The classic Nigerian scam email...

Brooker_Dave

Nex0 wrote: »

Perhaps but if the buyer goes naru and the seller requests there fees back then that's a lot of extra work for no real reason.

Listing fees are never refunded.

emmedi

Just received from my "buyer". I have replied with a DHL airwaybill number

Hello seller,
Good morning and how are u doing.Can u pls tell me what is happening as i have not receive the shipping tracking number from you...Pls its getting now,so i want you to get the item posted out this morning and get back to me with the shipping tracking number for the item.
HERE IS MY BOYFRIEND ADDRESS BELOW:
CHRISTOPHER BRIENT
23, AWOLOWO WAY
IKEJA LAGOS
NIGERIA
23401.


I look forward to receive the shipping tracking number from you asap.

brettcta

i had a similar email for an ipod touch. he started getting arsey when it didn't turn up

Nex0

Brooker_Dave wrote: »

Listing fees are never refunded.

Oh right sorry I thought they was.

But technically you could file a npb and get ur fees back that way?